GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| shove | to push along |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| vixen | a female fox |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
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| dilute | attenuate |
| rotunda | a round building |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |